Plans for a drive-thru food takeaway near a busy junction in Reading have hit a delay.
A controversial plan for a drive-thru ‘pod’ in Scours Lane near the Norcot junction was approved by the government in Spring 2024.
But the project is currently being held up due to disagreements between the applicants and Reading Borough Council.
That is just one of the planning updates that have taken place recently.
Elsewhere, the owners of a home in Caversham who previously applied to knock it down have won permission to make improvements, and defunct offices near the town centre will be turned into flats.
You can view each decided application by typing the reference in brackets into the council’s planning portal.
Drive-thru ‘pod’ plans held up (PL/25/1510 and PL/25/1712)
Plans for a drive-thru food takeaway near the Stadium Way Industrial Estate are being held up due to disagreements with the council over materials used for the ‘pod’ building.
The Cube Real Estate planning company won permission for the pod to be built on grassland off Scours Lane in Tilehurst following an appeal to the planning inspectorate that was approved in Spring 2024.
Detailed plans for the development have been submitted since then.
However, the council has refused plans for the external materials and hard and soft landscaping for the project.
Extensions to Caversham home approved (PL/25/1524)
A couple who own a home in Caversham have won permission for an extension and two outbuildings.
They currently own a bungalow in Conisboro Way, a private road in Caversham Heights.
One of the outbuildings will create space for a hobby room, an office and a study, and the other will be used as a greenhouse. The extension will create more living space for the bungalow.
These additions have been approved under permitted development rights.
The couple had their plan for a state-of-the-art modern home rejected in 2024, with an appeal being dismissed last May.
Office conversion into three flats (PL/24/1409)
The owner of the Havell House building near the town centre has won permission to convert the second floor into three flats.
The building in Queens Road is occupied by the Transform Cosmetic Surgery and The Free Test Company.
Now the owner has won approval for the second floor to be converted into a one-bed flat and two two-bed apartments.
A permission to convert the third floor into two flats was approved in October 2024.
